The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-11
PREPARING TO PLAY.
The Baseball Season To Be Opened in Indian
apolis on April |.

George W. Burnham returned from New York
yesterday. The other members Of the commit
tee, Louis Newberger and Ross Clarke, will not
arrive home until tomorrow at noon, having re-
NAMED behind to complete some arrangements for
the final transfer of the club There is much work
to be done before the club will be ready to play,
and meeting has been called at the Bates
House for Saturday evening. Articles of incor-
poration will then be submitted, and permanent
officers will be elected. 1t will require consider
able capital to put the club on sound financial
basis, and the business men and others are
pected to come forward and lend assistance in
making the season a successful one. Mr.. Burn
ham says the club will cost Indianapolis
about $l4,5OO, all told. From this
amount. however, there will be some
Broidy to Detroit. The terms of the agreement
with the League requires that $l2 COO cash shall
be paid for the players within eighteen days
BESIDES this amount there is 81, 800 which must
twenty four days. Those who have subscribed
stock will be called upon to pay at once. and it
Is hoped they will respond promptly
Mr.. Durham says that the report that Glass
cock and Denny have refused to come here with
| out a guarantee of salary is without foundation
The story, he says. was started by Rowe OF
| Kansas City, when he found he had been out
| generated by the Indianapolis delegates in the
contest for the League franchise. Mr. Burn
ham also says that it is not true that In0ianapo-
| lis refused to pay any player over $4,000. They
will pay more, and both Glasscock and Denny
| will receive greater sum. Mr.. Burnham will
| leave on Monday to sign his men,
The players are expected TO report here March
| 20, and it is the intention to open the season
| here April /, in game with the Cincinnati nine.
On the following day indianapolis will open the
season in Cincinnati. The next games of the
| club will probably be with the st. Louis Browns,
| April f. and 6. Arrangements have also about
been made to play with the Louisville club here
April and 8, and with the same club. in Louis
vile, April g. The Cleveland club will play in
| this city on the 11th, 18th and 18th. The Kala-
| mazoo nine will be here on the Goth and 21st of
the came month. On the 14th of April the Chi
| cago and St Louis clubs will play champion
| ship game here.
1 Arrangements are being made for leasing the
| Seventh-street grounds, which will need but
| little repairing. Quite number OF those inter-
| ested In the club, however, are urging that the
| grounds on East Washington street be used.
| They are situated just east of Noble street. are
much larger than Athletic Park, and great deal
| nearer the business center of the city. The
| great objection to the Seventhstreet grounds is
that 1t Is too remote from the center OF the city
| and for that reason many business men are pre-
| vented from attending games that they would
| witness were the grounds nearer. 1t seem.
highly probable that the East Washing ton stree
grounds will be selected.
The Biggest Bali Scheme Ever Devised.
| Macon Ca. Special to Detroit Free Press
The most gigantic scheme ever concocted Will
regard to base ball is now being formulated. ant
by 1883 will doubtless be perfected. the fore
most men in the senior organizations inter
ested in it, and, as they seldom fail in any o
their Undertakings it is not likely that success
will evade them in this instance the plan il
question is nothing moro or less than the ANAL
gamation Of the National League and the Amer
lean Association into one powerful. league, com
posed of twelve clubs. located as follows:
In the East-New York Brooklyn. Boston
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washingto if no
the latter. then two clubs in Philadelphia
In the West-Chicago. Detroit Pittsburg, 81
Louis Cincinnati and Louisville.
This would be the most powerful base-ba
body ever organized. The statements set fort
above are not the result Of speculation, but ar
based on positive knowledge OF what the basi
ballsts are planning. Boston would like to Sc
distincsively Eastern league. This however
would not suit Spalding at all! who has large il
terests East as we'll as West. The Associatio
people feel that it is useless to struggle agains
: the League. The alacrty with which Pittsburg
one of the Associations best Cities deserted tina
body convinced it that there is no safety fo
them, and that st. Louis and Cincinnati are Ii,
BILE to jump at any minute. This has led tn
leading clubs to embrace the twelve-clu
scheme. 1t is just possible that Kansas Cit
might make one of the twelve and Pittsburg
recognized as an Eastern club. One great r.
suit of the new organization will be red.cho
, Of salaries, which have grown extravaganza